Unlike Western parents, reminding my child of Lord Voldemort didn't bother me.

I do believe that when your child does poorly on a test, your first step should not necessarily be to attack the teacher or the school's curriculum. It should be to look at the idea that, maybe, the child didn't work hard enough.

I kind of - I like my life, I feel I have lots of opportunities. And my parents actually having had such high expectations for me - I would say it's the greatest gift that anyone has ever given me. I complained a lot when I was little, but that's how I feel now. And that's why I tried to do the same with my two daughters.

I worry that by losing my temper so much and being so harsh and yelling so much that, by example, I will have taught my daughters to be that way, and I'm now constantly telling them not to do that.

A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.

As a purely mathematical fact, people who sleep less live more.

Don't assume your child is weak. If you, the parent, assume that they can't take anymore, what kind of signal are you sending them?